The Little Audio Company is a fresh new retailer based in the vibrant bustle of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, with easy access by road or rail. We are a 15 minute walk from New Street Station, and the Bullring and Grand Central shopping centres, or a few minutes on the tram.

We are intending to be a little different from many conventional hi-fi retailers, hence the decision to adopt an appointment only approach. This allows the customer to be the focus of attention minus all the usual retail interruptions. Your booked time is spent purely with you. Opening hours (10:30am-5:00pm Mon-Fri) are an indication of when the phone will be manned, and aren't necessarily fixed with regards to booked demonstrations. Saturdays will be via prior appointment.

We hope to bring you some very interesting products in the future, and more than one approach to any given situation, but rest assured that all manufacturers and products are very carefully chosen for their sound quality and reliability first and foremost, as well as the value represented in the current market. We will particularly specialise in solutions for those with limited space or smaller rooms. I'll bring news of those who get on board as and when they happen - a few are being discussed as I type. Here's a list of the current brands whose products will be available for audition:

The Little Audio Company is now closed over the Christmas period, and will re-open on Wednesday the 4th of January 2017. I will still be on the end of an email however (david@thelittleaudio.company) for those queries that really need to be answered there and then!

I'll take this opportunity to wish all here at CU a very merry Christmas!

We are pleased to announce that the dinky range of speakers from Ophidian have arrived at The Little Audio Company and are currently running in ready for auditioning. These speakers may be small, but they're surprisingly capable! As you can see, the entry level Minimo is no wider than a CD case...

The Mojo is slightly bigger as you can see, and uses dual mid/bass drivers...

And the top of the range Mambo is a three-way floorstander of similar depth and width as the Mojo. Effectively, you have a Mojo at the top, with the mid/bass drivers reproducing only midrange, and bass is taken care of by the four bass drivers below. The mid/bass drivers throughout the range might only be 90mm diameter, but what they lack in the physical department they certainly make up for in the quality stakes.

the little audio company has teamed up with Convert Technologies to bring you Plato - a British designed and built all-in-one compact audio system with digital storage on board, able to rip your vinyl as well as you CDs, and with full metadata too! Internet radio, streaming capabilities, analogue and digital inputs, as well as a switchable MM/MC phono stage. All controlled by the supplied Kindle Fire (IOS app also available), and a choice of Class B or Class A amplification, as well as a pre-amplifier version.